Traverse City's Commongrounds is a mixed-use building, offering affordable housing, co-working space, a coffee shop, child education center, and performance venue. It's the first real estate cooperative in northern Michigan.
Michigan was added to the country's list of certified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC) demonstration states back in the summer of 2020, with 29 counties throughout the lower peninsula operating CCBHCs through their community mental health agencies.
Barrel + Beam’s Northwoods Test Kitchen has gained a reputation for using sustainable and locally sourced food. Now, thanks to a grant, the popular eatery and brewery is expanding access to locally grown food.
The Love the Keweenaw campaign aims to educate and equip residents, outdoor enthusiasts and visitors with strategies and resources to make respectful, sustainable, low-impact use of the peninsula's recreation spaces.
The news of a new copper mine being built near the shores of Lake Superior drew lots of attention in the U.P. and beyond. Interlochen Public Radio explores this latest development in Copper Country in a recent edition of Points North, a podcast about the land, water and inhabitants of the Great Lakes.
The former Finlandia University's Old Main has a new owner and a new future. Naturally Michigan Properties plans to use the historic building as an inn, reception space and boutique gallery.
The second annual Upper Peninsula Dark Sky Festival drew a significant number of people interested in celestial activities and bright stars. The festival is part of the growing astro tourism in Michigan and across the country.
For the first time, BIPOC farmers in West Michigan will be able to apply for a grant through the West Michigan Farmers of Color Land Fund to help them buy, maintain, and improve agricultural land.
The U.P.'s three national parks along Lake Superior are part of broader effort to use greener energy sources to help reduce the effects of climate change.
State and nonprofit officials are encouraging local governments and residents across Michigan to review a map of internet coverage. The goal is to prioritize underserved areas and use federal dollars to expand and improve internet infrastructure.
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